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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of active and sham groups

From: Peripheral magnetic theta burst stimulation to muscles can effectively reduce spasticity: a randomized controlled trial

Ā 

Active group (nā€‰=ā€‰25)

Sham group (nā€‰=ā€‰11)

p-value

Age (years)

47.88ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.8

41.60ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.9

0.266a

Gender

Ā Male

20 (80%)

7 (63.63%)

0.409b

Ā Female

5 (20%)

4 (36.36%)

Disorders

Ā CVS

17 (68%)

6 (54.55%)

0.344c

Ā MS

3 (12%)

1 (9.09%)

Ā SCI

4 (16%)

1 (9.09%)

Ā Other

1 (4%)

3 (27.27%)

Ā Duration (months)

42.74ā€‰Ā±ā€‰52.74

64.09ā€‰Ā±ā€‰67.07

0.175d

Ā 

Active (Nā€‰=ā€‰76)

Sham (Nā€‰=ā€‰44)

p-value

Baseline mAS

2.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.78

2.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.79

0.982d

Baseline eBTD

83.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰47.27

85.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰46.15

0.723d

  1. N number of subjects, N number of individual muscles,
  2. CVS Cerebrovascular Stroke, MS Multiple Sclerosis, SCI Spinal Cord Injury, n number of cases, mAS modified Ashworth Scale, eBTD estimated Botulinum Toxin Dose
  3. aIndependent-samples T-Test
  4. bFisherā€™s Exact Test
  5. cLikelihood ratio
  6. dMann Whitney Test